Jean Harvey Explained

Jean Harvey, PhD, RDN, is currently the Robert L. Bickford, Jr. Endowed Professor, the Associate Dean for Research, and the Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont.[1] Her specialty is behavioral weight management with a specific focus on technology-based programs.

Biography

Harvey received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from Pennsylvania State University. She completed her fellowship in Adolescent Nutrition at the University of Washington in 1984. She received her doctorate in epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1991, advised by Rena Wing, PhD. She has been a faculty member at the University of Vermont in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science since 1991.[2]

Research

Harvey is known for her work on technology-based weight management programs such as the Vtrim and iREACH programs.[3] [4] [5] [6] She also co-authored the Eating Well Diet book (with the editors of Eating Well magazine).[7]

Technology-Based Weight Management Research

Harvey found that participants in the interactive television program (VTrim) were as successful at losing weight as participants in the standard in-person program, and the television approach was more cost-effective.[8] She found that participants who received internet-based support had similar weight maintenance to those who continued to meet in person.[9]

In the first iREACH trial, she and her colleagues compared an internet-based program (based on VTrim) to an in-person program and to a hybrid approach.[10] They found that the internet-based approach achieved lower weight losses compared to the in-person condition, with no difference between the internet and hybrid approaches.[11] [12] In the second trial, they examined the potential of motivational interviewing to close the gap they found in weight loss in the first iREACH trial between weight losses in the internet-based program compared to the in-person program, but found no difference in weight losses[13] [14] The third trial investigates whether the addition of financial incentives for weight management behaviors and weight management outcomes will enhance online outcomes.[15]

Research on Dietary Self-Monitoring

Harvey and colleagues compared monitoring with personal digital assistants to paper-and-pencil monitoring.[16] They found that neither method produced better weight loss or self-monitoring adherence. In later research, they examined patterns of dietary self-monitoring in an online behavioral weight management program, and they found that different patterns of self-monitoring adherence emerged in the first four weeks of the program, such that those who had many continuous runs of self-monitoring log-ins were more likely to achieve clinically significant weight loss (>5%).[17] In addition, they found no evidence of disparities in online dietary self-monitoring based on race or education level. In further research, theyfound that those who logged foods in a dietary monitoring website at least 2 times per day and at least 20 days within the month were more likely to achieve clinically significant weight loss (>5%).[18] [19]

Awards

References

  1. Web site: Jean Harvey appointed interim dean of Agriculture at UVM. 2019-07-18. Vermont Business Magazine. en. 2020-01-31.
  2. Web site: Jean Harvey, PhD, RD. www.uvm.edu. en. 2020-01-31.
  3. Web site: Research-Tested Intervention Programs: Program Details. rtips.cancer.gov. 2019-02-21.
  4. Web site: Vermont diet venture fails in crowded marketplace. Burlington Free Press. en. 2019-04-17.
  5. Web site: VTrim launched as commercial venture. O'Brien. Pat Goudey. Times Argus. en. 2019-04-17.
  6. Web site: UMaine, UVM Partner for Unique Online Weight Management Course - UMaine News - University of Maine. 2010-08-11. UMaine News. en-US. 2020-01-31.
  7. Web site: Healthy Recipes, Healthy Eating. EatingWell. 2019-04-17.
  8. Harvey-Berino. J. 1998. Changing health behavior via telecommunications technology: Using interactive television to treat obesity. Behavior Therapy. 29. 3. 505–519. 10.1016/S0005-7894(98)80046-4.
  9. Harvey-Berino. J . et al . 2004. The effect of Internet support on the long-term maintenance of weight loss. Obesity Research. 12. 2 . 320–329. 10.1038/oby.2004.40 . 14981225 .
  10. Harvey-Berino. Jean. West. Delia. Krukowski. Rebecca. Prewitt. Elaine. VanBiervliet. Alan. Ashikaga. Takamaru. Skelly. Joan. 2010. Internet delivered behavioral obesity treatment. Preventive Medicine. 51. 2. 123–128. 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.04.018. 1096-0260. 3101104. 20478333.
  11. Krukowski. Rebecca A.. Tilford. J. Mick. Harvey-Berino. Jean. West. Delia S.. 2011. Comparing behavioral weight loss modalities: incremental cost-effectiveness of an internet-based versus an in-person condition. Obesity. 19. 8. 1629–1635. 10.1038/oby.2010.341. 1930-739X. 3137759. 21253001.
  12. Hutchesson. M. J.. Rollo. M. E.. Krukowski. R.. Ells. L.. Harvey. J.. Morgan. P. J.. Callister. R.. Plotnikoff. R.. Collins. C. E.. 2015. eHealth interventions for the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis: eHealth interventions for obesity in adults. Obesity Reviews. en. 16. 5. 376–392. 10.1111/obr.12268. 25753009. 45195408.
  13. West. Delia Smith. Harvey. Jean R.. Krukowski. Rebecca A.. Prewitt. T. Elaine. Priest. Jeffrey. Ashikaga. Takamaru. 2016. Do individual, online motivational interviewing chat sessions enhance weight loss in a group-based, online weight control program?. Obesity. 24. 11. 2334–2340. 10.1002/oby.21645. 1930-739X. 5093069. 27616628.
  14. Patel. Michele L.. Wakayama. Lindsay N.. Bass. Michelle B.. Breland. Jessica Y.. 2019. Motivational interviewing in eHealth and telehealth interventions for weight loss: A systematic review. Preventive Medicine. en. 126. 105738. 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.05.026. 31153917. 173995722 .
  15. Web site: UVM Part of $3.1 Million NIH Grant to Test New Online Weight Loss Approach. www.uvm.edu. en. 2019-04-17.
  16. Yon. Bethany A.. Johnson. Rachel K.. Harvey-Berino. Jean. Gold. Beth Casey. Howard. Alan B.. 2007. Personal digital assistants are comparable to traditional diaries for dietary self-monitoring during a weight loss program. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 30. 2. 165–175. 10.1007/s10865-006-9092-1. 0160-7715. 17216341. 19160037.
  17. Krukowski. Rebecca A.. Harvey-Berino. Jean. Bursac. Zoran. Ashikaga. Taka. West. Delia Smith. 2013. Patterns of Success: Online Self-Monitoring in a Web-Based Behavioral Weight Control Program. Health Psychology . 32. 2. 164–170. 10.1037/a0028135. 0278-6133. 4993110. 22545978.
  18. Web site: Log What You Eat, Lose More Weight?. Doheny. Kathleen. WebMD. en. 2019-04-17.
  19. Web site: How tracking your diet for only 15 minutes a day helps with weight loss. TODAY.com. en. 2019-04-17.
  20. Web site: Winners Of The 2008 James Beard Foundation Awards. www.cbsnews.com. en-US. 2019-02-21.
  21. Web site: Jean Harvey-Berino Fulbright Scholar Program. www.cies.org. 2019-02-21.
  22. Web site: Fulbright scholar clicks on web-based weight loss program. hmri.org.au. 2019-04-17.

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